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Applying and Extending Oracle Spatial

You're reading from  Applying and Extending Oracle Spatial

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849686365
Pages 568 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Applying and Extending Oracle Spatial
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Defining a Data Model for Spatial Data Storage 2. Importing and Exporting Spatial Data 3. Using Database Features in Spatial Applications 4. Replicating Geometries 5. Partitioning of Data Using Spatial Keys 6. Implementing New Functions 7. Editing, Transforming, and Constructing Geometries 8. Using and Imitating Linear Referencing Functions 9. Raster Analysis with GeoRaster 10. Integrating Java Technologies with Oracle Spatial 11. SQL/MM – A Basis for Cross-platform, Inter-operable, and Reusable SQL Table Comparing Simple Feature Access/SQL and SQL/MM–Spatial
Use of TREAT and IS OF TYPE with ST_GEOMETRY Index

Chapter 8. Using and Imitating Linear Referencing Functions

The goal of this chapter is to use the functions created in the previous chapters to build new functions that can be used to solve business problems relating to managing linear assets. The main business problems that need this functionality are road, cycle way or track management, geocoding street addresses, survey, inventory, condition assessment, and water management applications.

Oracle Spatial has a robust linear referencing package (SDO_LRS) that can be applied to all these problems. The SDO_LRS package can only be licensed for use by purchasing the Spatial package and deploying it within an Oracle Enterprise database. In addition, SDO_LRS cannot be purchased separately from the whole Spatial package. Finally SDO_LRS cannot be used with Locator.

The functions created in this chapter will provide SDO_LRS functionality where licensing of the SDO_LRS package is beyond the user's resources. These functions will support simple linear...

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